[mythtv-users] Frontend/Backend - newbie question

[Paul Mason]

Hi,

Apologies if this is covered in the docs somewhere. I have looked but what I
found was either too high level or too low level.

I'm trying to get a feel for how the frontend/backend architecture works
when it comes to playing back recordings etc. The physical file that
contains the recording is on disk on the backend that recorded it, correct?
If the frontend that plays it is on another machine how does the data get to
the frontend? Is it streamed? Is the file copied? Network share?

I read some docs on the communication protocal that imply that it's a file
transfer, but if that's so I would imagine the file begins to play before
it's fully transferred?

Thanks

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Paul Mason
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